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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ray Finkle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gianpaolo Volpicelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ray Finkle has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 13 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ray Finkle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gianpaolo Volpicelli!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Volpicelli gets tackled into the cage by Finkle. Finkle maintains the clinch.
Volpicelli with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Finkle.
Finkle tries to land a knee to the head but Volpicelli blocks with his arms.
Finkle with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Finkle tries a body shot but Volpicelli blocks it.
Finkle working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Volpicelli manages to break the clinch.
Volpicelli pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Good leg kick by Finkle there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Volpicelli tried to score with a low kick but Finkle checks it.
Finkle checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Volpicelli on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ray Finkle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Finkle works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Volpicelli uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Finkle.
Finkle wants to clinch.
Volpicelli moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Volpicelli fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Finkle has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Finkle checks a leg kick.
Finkle connects with a crisp jab.
Finkle checks a leg kick.
And Finkle counters with a quick kick to the body but Volpicelli blocks it.
Finkle blocks a head kick by Volpicelli.
Finkle does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Finkle gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Volpicelli breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Finkle scores with a shot to the body.
Volpicelli blocks a jab.
Volpicelli walks into a left hand.
Finkle misses with an uppercut.
Volpicelli takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Volpicelli throws a jab when Finkle was well out of range.
Finkle went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
We've been informed that Volpicelli has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Finkle throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Finkle tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finkle is looking to slow Volpicelli down with leg kicks.
Volpicelli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Finkle connects with the punch.
Volpicelli throws a body shot but no joy.
Finkle moves out of range as Volpicelli strikes.
Nice uppercut lands for Finkle. That snapped Volpicelli's head back.
Finkle throws a leg kick
and Volpicelli counters with a good low kick that Finkle was not able to check.
Finkle is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Finkle looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Volpicelli only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Volpicelli throws a right and a left that both miss.
Finkle waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Volpicelli.
Finkle keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Volpicelli.
Finkle moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Finkle throws a series of punches but Volpicelli avoids them all with ease.
Finkle lands with a hook. Volpicelli tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Finkle takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Finkle fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finkle is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Finkle lands the left hand.
Finkle doesn't manage to clinch there - Volpicelli circles away.
Volpicelli is looking for the big counter here.
Volpicelli throws a lazy right hand but Finkle sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Finkle checks a leg kick.
Volpicelli checks the leg kick.
Finkle feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Volpicelli's calf.
Volpicelli connects with a leg kick. Finkle looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Finkle.
Volpicelli ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A low kick from Volpicelli is predictable there
and Finkle counters with a left and a right that stings Volpicelli.
Finkle connects with a single shot there.
Volpicelli takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Volpicelli lands an overhand right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Finkle wants to clinch up but Volpicelli keeps it at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finkle takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Finkle misses with a hook. Volpicelli ducked under it nicely.
Finkle scores with a nice right hand.
Volpicelli is rocked!
and Finkle counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Volpicelli! He's just covering up as Finkle starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ray Finkle!
Ray Finkle thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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FIGHT
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